Lyclene

Lyclene is a genus of lichen moths of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1860.

Lyclene
Lyclene reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Lyclene
Moore, [1860][1]
Synonyms
  • Cyllene Walker, 1854
  • Cymella Felder, 1874
  • Setinochroa Felder, 1874
  • Xanthocraspeda Hampson, 1894
  • Myclela Watson, 1980

Taxonomy

The genus is closely allied to Asura or Barsine and various species are alternatively placed under these genera.

Species

Formerly placed here

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Lyclene Moore, [1860]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  • Cerny, Karek & Pinratana, Amnuay (December 2009). Moths of Thailand. 6 Arctiidae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand.
  • Dubatolov, V. V. & Bucsek, K. (2013). "New species of lichen-moths from South-East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Lithosiini)". Tinea. 22 (4): 279–291.
  • Singh Kirti, J. & Singh Gill, N. (2009). "Description of four new species of the genus Lyclene Moore (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from India". Acta zoologica cracoviensia (B). 52 (1-2): 109–118. ISSN 1895-3131 doi:10.3409/azc.52b_1-2.109-118
  • Černý, K. (2012). "Lyclene weidenhofferi sp. n. and Barsine delineata (Walker, 1854) discovered in Thailand (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. N.F. 32 (3-4): 121–123.


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